Workshop Materials
- Go to https://workshop.kerryback.com
- Open the slide deck so you can access the links in it
- Zip file will be discussed in a moment
Why Python?
- Data analysis, including machine learning
- Automate things
- Example from MGMT 675: Cost of Equity App
- The app is written entirely in python.
- All of the python code was written by AI.
Get Started
- You need a Google account.
- You need to install Google Drive
- Drive should appear as a folder on your laptop. In Windows Explorer, it is under This PC
- Create a new folder **This PCDriveDrive*
- Download the zip file linked on workshop.kerryback.com to This PCDriveDrive.
- Extract all of the files to **This PCDriveDrive*
- Respond to the Menti when you are ready to move on or if you are stuck.
Open Colab
- Go to https://colab.research.google.com
- You should be looking at an Open Notebook screen
- Choose Google Drive
- Find and open Part1_Colab.ipynb
- If for any reason you are unable to use Google Drive, open Part1 Colab at workshop.kerryback.com
- Respond to the Menti when you are ready to move on or if you are stuck
Plan for the Workshop
- This is the last slide
- We will work through notebooks together
- Respond to the Menti if you get stuck or when you finish a notebook
- Each notebook suggests things you can do while waiting for others to finish
- When everyone is finished, we will discuss and then move on together to the next notebook